Ormolu Decorative Objects

This is a superb 19th Century pair of Louis XIV Revival ormolu jardinieres, Circa 1870 in date. They are beautifully applied with with lion mask and loop handles, cast with strapwor...

Pair of very large malachite and ormolu vases French, 20th Century Height 140cm, diameter 91cm Of impressive size and quality, the vases are ma...

An exceptional and supremely refined large French Louis XVI style Ormolu and White Marble Clock Garniture, dating to the 19th century and proudly retailed by the esteemed Tiffany & C...

An imposing and finely crafted pair of mid-19th-century French girandoles in the Louis XVI Revival style, each modeled as a standing classical caryatid in richly gilded bronze, suppo...

A rare and exceptional Aesthetic Movement period Bohemian enameled jewel casket attributed to luxury glassmaker Moser. Hand-crafted in the late 19th cent...

Fine quality and attractive French champleve gilt bronze and light blue champleve enamel clock set. Retailed by Camerden & Forster, New York. Gilt bronze and champleve enamel. Or...

An extremely rare Louis XVI mantel clock 'a cremaillere', a movement driven by its own weight, where the moving drum barrel is running down an inclined whi...

A large ormolu mounted Chinese porcelain jardinière French and Chinese, Late 19th Century Height 102cm, width 80cm, depth 63cm Combining Ch...

An exceptional quality 19th century Ormolu centre piece in the Louis XVI style. The shallow lobed ogee bowl shaped receiver with lappest cast deep rim below a fluted swept top with l...

Mantel Clock "Atala and Chactas" Paris Bronze (fire-gilt and patinated), enamel Empire around 1810 Dimensions: H x W x D: 40 x 32 x 11 cm Description: Very rare and extremely high quality French mantel clock, so-called Pendule Au Bon Sauvage. Depicted are scenes from the love story "Atala or the love of two savages in the desert" written by Francois René Vicomte de Chateaubriand in 1801. At the beginning of the 19th century, this was probably the most famous love story in Europe, but today it has been forgotten. The story, set in present-day Louisiana (USA), is roughly rewritten about the forbidden love between Chactas, a young Indian, and Atala, the beautiful daughter of a Spaniard. Chactas is captured in a battle between two Indian tribes, chained to a palm tree and is to be sacrificed. Atala wants to save his life and convert him to Christianity. She unties him from the palm tree at night and they flee together into the wilderness of North America. Their love for each other grows stronger and stronger and they have prospects for a future together. The story takes a tragic turn when Atala, who must remain a virgin due to a vow made by her mother, can no longer withstand the conflict of her feelings and commits suicide. The main group of characters thus shows Chacta's liberation through Atala. Atala is leaning against a pile of logs. The animal fur thrown over the logs and the weapons leaning against the stack on the right give the impression of a night camp. The bronze is of rarely beautiful quality, finely chiselled and makes the scene appear very lively. The contrast of fire-gilded and patinated bronze adds tension to the composition. In the base we see the Entombment as the end of the tragic love story. This bronze work is also very detailed, the interplay of bright and matt gilding makes the flat relief appear much deeper than it is. The depiction of the mantel clock presented here shows that the exotic was only known from stories and that the bronzier had his own ideas about the appearance of this distant world. The Indian, for example, has very European facial features and his skin was not black in reality, of course. The palm tree was also certainly not found in the North American wilderness. The heart of the clock is a French pendulum movement, integrated into the wooden pile, with an eight-day power reserve and a lock plate striking a bell on the half and full hour. The pendulum is suspended on a thread, typical of the period. The classically shaped hands, so-called Breguet hands, are also typical of the time. The enamelled dial has black Roman hour numerals, Arabic quarter hours and bears the signature: Le Roy hr. de Madame A PARIS. Interesting facts: The period from 1795 to about 1815 saw the creation of probably the most spectacular group of bronzes: The "Au bon Sauvage" pendulums - depictions of the "Noble Savage". Today's viewers react to these objects with both fascination and irritation. Enthusiastic on the one hand about the obvious quality of the detailed bronzes and the allure of the exotic, on the other hand distanced and cautious because of the possible discrimination that is suspected behind them. The ambivalence of this feeling motivates the search for the conditions of origin of these pendulums. Europeans found their new ideal of the natural man primarily in fictional and realistic travelogues about the Indians of North America...

A Very Substantial & Large Pair of Regency Period Gilt Bronze Ormolu Single Light Heavy Gauge Candlesticks - Lusters, first half of the Nineteenth Century, of English origin. Each ...

Glass and ormolu-mounted octagonal casket. Made in France in the 1860s. Perfect original condition with a lovely patina. Set of two.

A magnificent and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. marble and finely chased ormolu clock. The clock is raised on six ormolu topie shaped feet below the white Carrara marble base with scrolled foliate ormolu mounts and beaded border. Perched above is a charming winged cherub holding up an arrow. At each side are lovely ormolu maidens draped in classic attire with their flowing hair, holding up a floral wreath. Centered is the ormolu clock with paw feet fluted and scrolled designs at the base and swaging foliate garland. Above the enamel dial is decorated with a winged cherub bust...

A Very Large 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Sèvres Celeste Blue Ground Porcelain Box with Watteau Scene Cartouches. This box consists of signature celeste blue ground of Sèvres porcela...

A Wonderful Regency Empire Ormolu Bronze Crystal / Glass With Unusual Porcelain Plaque Medallion Oval Jewelry Box Chest

A stunning French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble, Ormolu and jeweled dial clock. The most elegant lyre shaped clock is raised on a stunning white Carrara marble base...

A charming and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu clock. This stunning clock is raised by a rectangular Ormolu plinth above Ormolu bun feet with a top ...

This is a superb quality antique French malachite, bronze and ormolu mantel clock dating from Circa 1850 in date. It features Louis XVI seated on an ormolu throne chair whilst reading a book. The clockmakers name is inscribed on the backplate. It is of high quality and is in excellent clean and running condition having been fully overhauled by our clockmaker. Pendulum is original. The movement bearing the serial number 29, made and signed by Japy Fils 1849. It has an early French silk suspension...

An Exceptional French Japonisme Ormolu and Champlevé Enamel Five-Piece Clock Set, In the Manner of Edouard Lièvre, circa 1870, Paris. This extraordinary French Japonisme clock set, ...

An exquisite French mid 19th century Empire st. ormolu portico clock. The clock raised on a rectangular base with finely chased borders and satin and burnish finish interlocking circ...

A wonderful and true pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu and marble five arm candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by a thick, circular Black Belg...

An Assembled Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and White Marble Figural Mantel Clock and Candelabra Garniture Set. The finely chased ormolu clock body, with it...

An Incredible and Quite Rare Russian Cut Crystal and Gilt Bronze Encrier de Bureau with Double Headed Eagles, Griffin, and Imperial Style Mounts. ...

A superb, large and early Ormolu clock, mounted with exquisite Sèvres style porcelain with a Bleu Celeste ground and fine overglaze gilt decoration. The richly chased foliate case is...

An exceptionally elegant mid-19th century French decorative candlestick, standing at an impressive 33 cm in height. The centerpiece of this refined object is a slender, baluster-form...

A stunning and most elegant pair of French late 19th century Neo-Classical st. Campan Vert marble and Ormolu urns. Each most striking urn is raised by a square Campan Vert marble bas...

This is an impressive and highly decorative Regency Period ormolu, malachite and Blue John tazza, Circa 1820 in date. It features an ormolu winged cherub holding a Blue John tazza...

The large and elegant antique French Empire style bronze and marble figural clock features a rectangular stepped base of dark green marble, raised on four gilt bronze feet cast with ...

A most attractive English late 18th century Regency Period Neo-Classical st. Blue John and Ormolu mounted urn. This stunning urn is raised by a marble plinth and is decorated by a to...

Magnificent pair of gilt and patinated bronze candelabra depicting mermaids

Louis XVI style ormolu and rouge griotte marble clock set French, 1867 Clock: height 67cm, width 46cm, depth 28cm Candelabra: height 81cm...

An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and white Carrara marble clock. This wonderful clock is raised by a rectangular white Carrara marble base supported by four Ormolu...

A pair of Louis XV period Meissen porcelain vases, formed in openwork lattice and mounted with original gilt bronze ormolu. Each vase rises from a pierced rocaille ormolu base into a...

Dimensions- H: 6 1/2in W: 6in D: 6in This French Turn of the Century blue opaline and bronze ormolu 2 piece perfume bottle is made of the highest quality! If you look closely at th...

A high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu vases. Each stunning vase is raised by a circular Ormolu base with four rectangular shaped blocks...

An Exceptionally Fine Museum Quality Example of a Well Cast Parian (unglazed porcelain) Figure depicting Jesus Christ nailed to a plain black marble standing Cross of impressive prop...

French Pair of Period Louis XV Tole, Ormolu and Porcelain Flower Wall Sconces. Very rare pair of appliques in finely chiseled gilded bronze with...

French gilt bronze and pink porcelain jewellery box by Tahan. French, late 19th Century Measures: height 13cm, width 18cm, depth 13cm. This fine jewellery casket by the French m...

This stylish desk clock made in the last quarter of the 19th century has a french eight day movement with a lever platform escapement. the movement is housed in a drum forming the ce...

Antique Samson porcelain and ormolu Chinoiserie elephant clock French, Late 19th Century Height 24cm, width 17cm, depth 13cm This exquisite and...

Antique French Green Onyx Champlevé Enamel Marble Ormolu Pedestal Clock French, Late 19th Century Height 136 cm, Width 41 cm, Depth 33 cm An impressive French pedestal clock in gr...

Presenting a gorgeous French 19th century Samson Paris Porcelain Trinket Box probably by Edme Samson. Marked on the base with “Made in France” and unmistakably in the style and manner of Samson. The lid features hand painted floral bouquets on an ivory porcelain background with gold edging, surrounded by a sky blue lid with gold web or crackling effect.. The lid is hinged and the lid and base are edged in floral gilt metal mounts with Fleur De Lis clasp. It sits on 4 gilt metal or ormolu feet. The sides are likewise hand decorated. This wonderful antique hand painted box is just bursting with History. Inspired by Edme Samson of Samson & Co., Paris. we believe (based upon the markings and natural aging) that it was made between 1880– 1890 in France and was meant to resemble an antique of a much earlier period. It is very similar to Sevres pieces with it’s color, decoration and design. Samson specialized in reproducing antiques from the 1600 and 1700s. One of his most interesting works was his Heraldic or Armorial pieces. With this medium sized box, he was not only copying the larger porcelain caskets or coffin boxes...

This exquisite 19th-century French Louis XV style long case clock features intricate ormolu mountings that highlight its elegance. Adorned with finely detailed floral motifs and cher...

A very fine French 19th Century Napoleon III Sévres Style Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Covered Urn, the 360 degree painted urn centered with an 18th century scene of a young Princess...

Charles X Style French Ormolu-Mounted Optic Cut Crystal Casket Box, Signed Lehmann France, circa 1900–1920 A fine French crystal and gilt bronze ca...

A large and magnificent clock set by the renown bronze founder H Luppens of Brussels. Classically modelled in the Louis XVI style, the clock features three ormolu cherubs toiling to ...

Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Goat Oak Leaves Nature Animal Letter Opener France Bronze c. 1900 Dimensions: Length 20cm Designed and made at the turn of the 20th centur...

An impressive 19th Century French Louis XVI style, Boulle mantel clock, having red stained Tortoiseshell veneer to the case, gilded Rococo influenced ormolu mounts, white enamel Roma...

A wonderful and most decorative Scottish Turn of the Century Ormolu, marble and Glass skeleton clock, signed William Smith. This wonderful clock is raised by a circular black Belgian...

French Baccarat Crystal Patch Box with Sulfide Cameo of Psyche France, circa 1840–1860 Dimensions: 1.75" diameter × 0.75" high A rare mid-19th-century F...

An enchanting and very good quality French 19th Century grey marble and gilded ormolu clock garniture, each piece with a patinated bronze cherub seated hold candle sticks either side...

An extraordinary period Empire gilded gold dore bronze rolling floor candelabrum. Born in France, the stunning Neo-classical style architectural antique...

Gilt bronze lion on marble base. Antique chased gilt bronze recumbent lion on rare green speckled marble base. Italy, late 17th century. Dimensions: Ov...

Elegant tabletop inkwell made in France in the early 20th century, following the aesthetic of Belle Époque designs. The piece is structured around an iconographic motif with a long ...

Depicting a young woman seated at a table holding a book and looking at a celestial globe, above the central dial signed 'Gaston Jolly Paris' and flanked by two busts.

A beautiful pair of patinated bronze Bacchanal vases. The vases are modeled with masks depicting chimeric ibexes, flanked by laurel garlands, above which are finely carved reliefs of...

Antique gilt bronze and malachite casket by Monbro Fils Ainé French, mid 19th Century Measures: Height 68cm, width 92cm, depth 52cm This marriag...

This dressing table casket is well-cut with diamond shaped panels and stylized fan shaped blazes. This motif is echoed by the decoration of palmettes in the gilt metal banding.

A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze and white marble figural mantel clock. The finely chased ormolu body, with its original two-tone mercury gilt, centered with a circular enameled porcelain clock face with Roman and Arabic numeral dials and inscribed 'A. Thomas - Fabt de Bronze - 56, Rue de Turenne - Paris', surmounted with a pair of playful seated cherubs amidst clouds and wreaths, the case crowned with a figure of a Gallic Rooster (Coq Gaulois...

An exceptional French 19th century Egyptian Revival st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze and ormolu bust, signed by F. Barbedienne. The wonderful bust is raised by an elegant cir...